Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Neko

Hiroaki Neko has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9458580
    Abstract: A compaction roller comprises a vibration device for generating vibrations when driven by a vibration motor; a pair of right and left traveling drive shafts, while traveling driving outside tires and their adjoining inside tires synchronously, for transmitting the vibrations of the vibration device to the outside tires and inside tires; a pair of right and left traveling motors respectively for driving their associated traveling drive shafts; and, a pair of right and left first support brackets mounted through a first vibration proof device 6 on a vehicle body and interposed between the outside tires and inside tires for supporting the traveling drive shafts through bearings, wherein the vibration device includes a vibration source disposed within the traveling drive shafts. According to the compaction roller, a side overhang can be eliminated or reduced, and enabling prevention of the lowered vibration compacting function of the tires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Sakai Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sadayoshi Suzuki, Hiroaki Neko, Akira Mitsui
  • Publication number: 20160060821
    Abstract: A compaction roller comprises a vibration device for generating vibrations when driven by a vibration motor; a pair of right and left traveling drive shafts, while traveling driving outside tires and their adjoining inside tires synchronously, for transmitting the vibrations of the vibration device to the outside tires and inside tires; a pair of right and left traveling motors respectively for driving their associated traveling drive shafts; and, a pair of right and left first support brackets mounted through a first vibration proof device 6 on a vehicle body and interposed between the outside tires and inside tires for supporting the traveling drive shafts through bearings, wherein the vibration device includes a vibration source disposed within the traveling drive shafts. According to the compaction roller, a side overhang can be eliminated or reduced, and enabling prevention of the lowered vibration compacting function of the tires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Applicant: Sakai Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sadayoshi Suzuki, Hiroaki Neko, Akira Mitsui
  • Patent number: 6857816
    Abstract: A roller is equipped with a pair of crawlers. Each crawler includes a driving wheel detachably attached to a driving shaft. Each crawler also includes a set of driven wheels. Both sets of driven wheels are supported by a connecting member that is detachably attached on a bottom of a body. A roll, which is vibrated only in the perpendicular direction with respect to the ground surface, is attached to the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignee: Sakai Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Isao Saito, Koichi Kaneko, Yukitsugu Saba, Yasutsugu Kanamori, Hiroaki Neko
  • Publication number: 20020197110
    Abstract: To provide a roller in which the attaching and detaching operation of the crawler is achieved with ease, and a roller which can demonstrates sufficient traveling performance depending on the condition of the ground to be compacted, and a roller which can achieve the compaction of the ground even in the steep sloping ground on stabilizing the vehicle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2002
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Applicant: SAKAI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Isao Saito, Koichi Kaneko, Yukitsugu Saba, Yasutsugu Kanamori, Hiroaki Neko